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A MINISTER TBTiIRED kßev. William Tucker was in Agony Many Years. He Felt as Though He Had Seen Stabbed by a thousand Knives. He was Stricken Blind and Feared He Would Lose His Mind. All This in Defiance of the Best Medical Skill. His Recovery Looked Upon as a Miracle. From the New Era. Greeneburg, Ind. ..•<s* / J i a jjrn.- ‘ . Wff /'7 'i It was publicly talked all over Deeatur ; anil Ripley counties forborne time before the 1 Nev> Era sent a reporter to Pierceville to fully investigate the Tucker matter. The Tuckers are prominent people and are all well-to-do farmers. The Rev. William Tucker, subject of all the talk, was pleased to allow us an interview. Mr. Tucker looked well and healthy, although he is seventy-live yeitrs old, and forty years ago j he beixan preaching in the faith of the Free Baptists. This is his story as he told the reporter: “ I was Item and reared on a farm and be- i gan preaching at an early age. 1 was al ways subject to rheumatism, even when ! quite young. Pains, sharp and acute, would ] shoot across my body, causing me much suf- j sering. The doctors pronounced it then a , spinal disease. The pains kept getting worse al) the time from day to day as the years rolled round, and I experienced many ye as suffering. '‘Although 1 much regretted to, I was ; compelled to retire altogether from my work in the religious cause. The pains | would first start from my spine and limbs, i but afterward begun shooting from all parts j of the body and it seemed as though a thons- ! and knives were sticking me. After these! pains -would first come on. my entire body would snd lenlv grow cold, 1 would benumb , all over and all my muscles would be asleep. I I would then turn suddenly blind. I often lay in til’s condition for hours, and generally I was .•..nvoip... and l.new what was going on, bitt ilte n'ii ring was intense and un-; be:” - a!d‘ No words ' at. cb'scrilte it. “ Fie pent''-, in going about my place or when i would be "W”- t'r >m borne, these ft-- .. - r A/ 4 MJ- G V 't v ? ! CARRIAGE y a I x 2”' lIN C2 3 • SP--CI L ATitdfiTi TO ALL A V.KIIS.NG SIGNS. ■ ;■'<)•> E- > i 1 Avi ’. .' NI >' i- iI 1 l >’ '!'s T. I‘ t 'JS'i’lOTR* - •» W/ lilt ' >\tu \ Ja n n t 4 x D RtPRCSStD FRONT BRICK.» Rome Mukai Joan Associat on OFFICE HOME GORGIA, 325. p road Street. A National Bu« an a Loan omoanj Purely Mutual, SJe investment anu Good Profit Madp» by Small Mon hiy Payments. ■ • r b', ( ’ KI N J > rp. Preu do t. J D . Moore, Sec’ty & Treas, cua-. graves VicePrert, J.H. Rhodes, Mgr’ Loan oept litirTED hmith, General council. RKV. WILLIAM TUCKER, PIERCEVILLE, INDIANA. spells would come on me and for anme thne I would be entirely blind and my mind would be affected. My family was uneasy and feared my mind would become impaired. I consulted several physicians at Greens burg. but they said my ease was hopeless, as the disease was incurable. 1 went to other cities for treatment. A prominent doctor of Toledo, Ohio, dismissed me as incurable and I gave up in despair. 1 tried many patent medicines but none of them did the least good. Finally I saw in the New Era an article about Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. I had no faith in them, for nothing did me any good, but 1 tried them as a last resort. The first box helped me at once and 1 kept on taking them. I began taking them in May, j ’94. I have taken over a dozen boxes now and I feel perfectly well in every respect and I feel that 1 ant permanently cured. I cotild I never sh i p befov, as the pains would come suddenly on me in the night and I would i become numb. .Many a time I’ve walked I the floor in agony the entire night. I can ! sleep perfectly sound now, and my appetite is better titan ever b.efi-re. and I -weigh more | than for mat y years. I feel that I owe my I life to lite 1 ink Pii ln. ” Rev. Teeko'. -astircd us flint we need not I doubt a word of his testimony for bis family wil"! vie with him in every word he spoke. Dr. Williams’ Pink PiPs contain all the I elements necessary ’o give, new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are su’d in boxes (never in loose form, by the dozen or hundred) at fiJ ! cents a box. or six boxes for $2.59. and may be hart of all druggists or directly bv mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Sehenec tadv. N ' I HE HUSTLER OF ROME SUN DAY J 3 TJ3 £ { , I 3 ) > ■ .dji ;?• - ; l&EO "k W' A wBoUXU AERIAL NAVIGATION. An ante tun Upy, A moot st v, A I*' 1 I bn H s p a"d utn ; A bloomer g i’, A .-hiniu win ■>, A wind bo;h hvi'ob gum;, A sin d n br< i ze, A bloomer tired, A li»e, with nay,hl io guide her; A soating maid, A Icn'e y road, A wheel without a r.der, * —Jeaneue El ziberli Fowler, in New York bun 000 The bicycles ua d iu the French army each have an electric light, which can be turned on or off a' will. f'oo NOT A HINT. He: “Do ever ride a wheel?” She: “Yes; I’m an expert oc a tandem.”—Detnit Free Press. 000 Appropos of the crusade agaii s; cycling. The New Yoik Evening Post says: “Lons; usage is a arg., element in dignity. Anythingnov el is generally considered undigni fied. When railways were first in troduced i< was cot sidtred undi - nified—i. e., unbecoming—for no blemen or very wealthy men to t vol in them. When noblemi n began to travel third-class, this too, was considered undignified. In fact nearly everything that is conspicuous is considered undigni fied for certain people, till it has lasted sometime. The probabili ties that riding a bicycle in the next generation will be nearly as common as walking, and there.wil) be no more cri’icism of a Bishop on a bicycle that) of a Bishop on foot.” 0 0 0 REBUKING A CYCLIST. A very grave fault of many cy c is's is to pass vehicles on the wrong side. Talking about this the other night at dinner, a country doctor with a large practice said “I think it scandelous that the.) , do such a thing, though it does not always end as one expects- The other day I was driving a pair in the pheaton, when a cyclist C’me by on my near side, ringirg his bell when abreast of me. Now, my near side horse was very young and frisky, and started jumping all over the place ; the cyclist lost his head and went crash into a heap of stones, and I nearly went • ver him. I got up and swore at him finishing with: ‘lt you do tha' sort of thing often, you will get a whip across vour shoulders, voting man.’ ‘Please, sir.’ said a plaintive voice, ‘1 am very sorry.’ It was a v- ry | retty girl in bloom ers ! Well, I n°ver felt such a fool in my life.”—Weekly Telegraph. 000 Have you ridden out to Mobley \ * I Springs recently? Its a nice road and you’ll be sure to enjoy the ride. 000 I see that John T. Harvaid who g ories in the scubriqup o "/• Bicv. cle Bill” has returned to the city. 0 0 0 The are numerous pretty cycle costumes iu Rome showing that our wheelwomen are of artis ic minds. I’m going to describe some nf them in this column soon. 000 I see that some of the bicycle dealers are beginning to withdraw as it were, into cosier shells for the cooler months. But with ’he open ing of Spring they will burst forth like unto a Beardsley poster. Coo Among the dealers who still re tain their old summer homes is the Roy R. West Cycle Company . And the Columbia people. Coth ran and Co., will remain on their corner. 000 I see Will Coleman, late of Forbes cycle bouse has opened u in the stationary business. Suc cess to him. 000 I have noticed that many ’rdi.i look realy ungainly and awkward upon a wheel. In looki' g for th* cause I found tha' almost every one who come under that categor | laced the middle or ho low of her foot upon the pedals. Now th t’s all wrong. Tobe grac ful you must place the widest part or the bn I of the foot on the pedals and use the ankle as much as possible. It gives that pretty lithe movement to the limb. 0 0 3 In poin’s and prize winnings Ga-duer yields the top for the first time this season, but still is S9O a had in money. The first 6 are as fol'ows : PUNTS. P winnings Ed Bald 55 $1500.00 Casper 55 $1460.00 Gardner 52 $1590 .CO Butler 50 $1895.00 Zeigler 47 SIO4O 00 Sanger 34 $ 1045. CO John S. Johnson has lowered the worlds two mile record to 3:38. 000 PNEUMATIC GRIPS FOR RICYCI E9. The newest handle bar improve ment to bicyc’es is a pneumatic grip, «hUh is adjustab e at any point on the bar. The pneumatic part only applies to the upper half of the bar. where the palm of the hand rests. Two clips fasten the attachment securely to the bar on the under side, thus securing that frigidity which was lacking on previous attempts at pneumatic giips. 0 0 0 The question of who is the champion lider of the year is as far from so'uti n as ever Bild, Cooper. Johnston and Butler have the call and they are so evenly matched that good judges cannot sepa*ate them. For next nelson little Butler seems to have the best chance. He is only a buy and he ought to improve. The same can not be said for the others. » k ROME BOY- A telephone message was receiv ed yesterday afternoon from Ce dartown stating that Mr. Luthei Hargis of this ci'y had'aPen from a telephone pole on the line that is now being constructed between Csve Spring and Cedartown. Mr. Bud Hargis, went down las night to attend him. The injuiies are Dot thought to be serious ala late hour be was reported as rest ing easy. DRESS MAKING Mrs. T. M. Quinn late of Dal las Texas has opened Rooms at 208 East 3rd street, between -2nd and 3rd avenue for the purpose of carrying on the Dress making bu siness. She feels that she is iull> competent to give entire satis faction as she has been engagtd in the business for ,Le past six years in Dallas Texas. The College Tea Large numbers of Rome’s fairest daughters and manly sons attend ed the tea on the terraces at Shor ter College on Friday evening. Shoiter’s pupils never looked fnsber or prettier than on that evening. It was thoroughorly enjoyable and quite a neat sum was realized which will go to benefit the college library t Hamer s Monthly Review Volumn one, number one of Harper’s Monthly Review is out It is quite a nice little publication. PRECIOUS S TONES. Strictly speaking, the only prec ious stones are the ruby, diamond, sapphire and emerald. Always in season, Hopkin’s Steamed Homiqy (Hulled Corn.) Elegant lunch in Milk ’ o’. . H 'ti Senh 'Vright’s letter to the New York World has raised a strong‘eeling <>f indignation al' eve • the State. Th t Ma on Tele graph devotes n column editorial to Mr. W r right’s false charges published in the New York World Other papers in the State have ex pressed their ind gnaii n iu un mistakable terms of cmd inna tioo . Mr. Weight's mind m st Be sadly out of ba ance if he real y believed, all he charged, to be tine * * * . Here in Rome; aftT reading Mr Wright’s ntnarkab e produc tion, copied by the Hustler of Rome from ihe vVorld and pub lished Friday, the people, the pops and democrats alike have been strong in the terms of condemna tion. Only yesterday afternoon a populist remarked to me that he wou d like to participa e in tn indignation meeting, “and.” said he, “while I voted for him on Wednesday, if the election weie to be run over since that World article appeared, I would help to defeat him by 100,0 X) majority.” * * * LibibP. Jureidii.i, a Syri> n, will leetur ■ at the First Presbyte •ian chuuch tonight on “The re lif’: ’i and Customs of Syria. Mr Juieidini is a native Syrian in this coun ry, attending a Presbyterian theological institute preparing himself for a missionary’s life work in his native land. No aumission is charged tonight and eve. y body is invited to attend. * * * Because yesterday’s Constitu tion and last nig it s Journal we re not lull and running over with e ection news ninuy Seab W ight men in Rome grew restless yes e:- day and some of them went so far as io b t that hh Democratic ma jority would be cut down bel .w t nt of iast yoar. They seem to i. rget that ill i election uccured last Wednesday ami that thy real dem ocratic majority had on I hursday and Friday been published at 50,- 000 SlaU h< u e officers. * * * Go/. Atkinson’s majority will not be far short of 40,C00. He kd th i way and was ever f 'Uiid in the thickes of the fight. Every sharp shooter and every“scal tawag-bush whacket” had it iu fur him md still he led on to victory. Bill A‘kin son is a wonderful combination of courageous conservatism and nervy patriotism. He is at onca po'iti ction, patriot and Statesman. The future holds in store for him yet greater honors, for the people know be may be safely trusted and they will demand his services. Bill At kinson is a born eader. Long may he live t > serve the State. * * * I have just been looking over the returns from the Sevenih Congres sional district part of the State election. I find the returns for Governor are as iollows: Atkin son’s majorities: Bartow 98, Chat tooga 325, Catoosa 83, Cobb 490, Da< e 35(',- Murray 296, Paulding 0, Wa'ker ‘256 ami Whitfield 69, or 9 counties with 2917 majority. On the i ther hand Sea carried four cutin ties; Floyd 268, Gordon 51, Haralson 101 and Polk 34. wright’s total rnaj >rit.ies 454. * * * This gives the district to Atkin son by 1563 votes,or exactly the majority by which Judge Maddox c irried the eistrict over Dr. Flop per Felton, two years ago. The Democratic ticket for State house officers carries the district by about 4,000 - Ab 9 V fl/ a. «SkB«9NBINMR £> *. y NEWSY NOTES A I'isnstrouF tornado is reported Smith <>f Edmond, O. T., in which s‘ vernl pt-rsons were injured. The convention of G nA d Tem plars of the United States is being held at Chippewa Falls. Wis. Abraham Shop rd and William Nennernun, bookmakers.wero held vp and robbed of $1450 by f ont pads in Chicago, 111. Two passengeis in a Chicago street car wete ii jured , one fatal ly, bv a runaway horse dashing, against the car windows. A dispatch from Key West, Fla. states that the steamer Leona, at that pod from New York, reports a large steamer ashore at Elbow Keys The boiler of a freight Income' live exploded at Mer’den, Conn, and wHckedthe engine, but the en gineer and fireman escaped with rifling injuries. In an lection riot at Elberton, Ga , Willifm Vafield shot and ki'led Bud Sanders and escup»d, and Toni Wai! shot and eeriov«lv wounded J. G. Swift. Immigration Commissioner Stump saded from New York fo r Southampton ye n t-rday He \ iil appear before th • Ita ian Par ia- m p m in re'ation to emigration. Mrs. Herman Oeirich->, of New York, and Miss Virginia Fair, her sister, were served with subpoenas at San Francisco, Cal., yesterday, for their appearance in court, No vember 9, when the trial of the I Fair case will be commenced. A'l the para phernalia of the last Peaay expedition to Greenland, j t ’gether with polar bears and Es j quimo dogs and a quantity of skins minerals and fossils, arrived in New York yestarday, and were ta ken to the museum of natural his tory in Central P. rk. DIED YESTERDAY. Miss Saiiie, Daughter ct Mr. And Mrs. Gi en Pollock Yesterday at lOo’clock Miss Sal lie Po lock. after a painfir illness i breathed her last. Thu death oc cu red at her father’s home, near I North Rome, and was most unex pected eveu to her family and i most intimate friends. | Prof, P I). Pollock, President of Mercer University and Prof Geo. Pollock of Etowah Institute at Canton, Ga., her biothers were telegraphed for yesterday and are ex| ected home tedey in time to at tend tLe funeral. The interment will be made in family lot on Myrtle Hill. Mies P Ikck was about 30 years of age and a young woman of s«eet dis position and rare intellect. The family has the deep sympathy of the community. FUNERAL NOTICE. The friendsand acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Pollock are in* vited to attend the funeral of their daughter, Miss Sallie, at their res idence, Nor h Rome, this, Sunday morning, at 9:30 o’clock. Inteu nu nt at Myrtle Hill. The following gent emen are re quested to act an pall bearers: W. H. Culpeper, R. S. Change, G. 8. Ruse, G. K. Green, J. I- Mc- Connell, Th< s. Treadaway. The pall bearers will please meet at the Hanks Furniture Co., at 8.30 o’clock this a. m. Death. Not The Altar. ashington, Oct. 10- —Dillard E. Ragland, a messenger iu !0 treasury department, appoint 1 from Goliad, Tex., committed sui cide last night in this ci'y. He was to be married in Atlanta, next week to a young lady lr ' ,ni Dallas,but for some reason chang ed his mind and rather than te his intended that he was not J et in a position to marry, he ki 11 himt-elf. The circumstances of the su* cl e indicates ihat the act was not p re mediated.